Dear Moneyist, My dad recently died due to coronavirus. He was also an employee of the hospital where he died. Can we file for any death benefits or claim funeral expenses from the hospital where he worked? We cannot cover the funeral costs for him. My dad was a low-income employee. Please help me. I […]
Sometimes they approach with a smile. Other times, it’s with the rage of angels. About four months ago, Terence Fitzgerald, and his two sons, who are 5 and 3 years old, were on a weekend bike ride in his neighborhood, a quiet suburb in Southern California with picturesque houses situated amid generous lawns. “My oldest […]
Shares in Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. PPC, +0.93% fell 4% in the extended session Wednesday after the chicken producer reported a second-quarter loss and a decline in sales. Fabio Sandri, interim CEO of Pilgrim’s (CEO Jayson Penn began a leave of absence last month after being charged in a federal price-fixing case), cited challenging conditions during […]
It has been a bruising day for tech’s biggest names on Capitol Hill, but they didn’t break. The CEOs of Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, +1.32% , GOOG, +1.44% , Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +1.10% , Apple Inc. AAPL, +1.91% , and Facebook Inc. FB, +1.37% endured more than five hours of grueling questions about competition […]
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday announced there was an agreement to begin withdrawing federal officers from Portland, but a top Trump official said there would still be an “augmented” force present in the city. Brown, a Democrat, said the agreement, which goes into effect on Thursday, was struck after discussions with Vice President Mike […]
Kayleigh McEnany had a difficult job even before her boss started retweeting conspiracy theories from a fringe doctor who blames demon sperm and alien DNA for America’s health problems. CBS This Morning co-host Anthony Mason wasted no time getting to that particular story when he invited the White House press secretary on his show Wednesday […]
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden was uncharacteristically tight-lipped on Tuesday about the final stretch of his search for a vice president. But the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee seemed prepared to talk about at least one leading contender: California Sen. Kamala Harris. As he took questions from reporters on Tuesday, Biden held notes that were […]
Officers salute outside the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office as an ambulance passes, containing the body of a Chicago Police officer, Tuesday, July 28, 2020, in Chicago. CHICAGO – A newly-promoted Chicago police officer and father of two has died by suicide, city officials said Tuesday – at least the second officer this year to die by suicide […]
MacKenzie Scott said Tuesday she has donated about $1.7 billion of her fortune over the past year since her divorce from Jeff Bezos. The donations largely went to social-justice, public-health and climate-change organizations, Scott, a novelist and philanthropist, wrote in a Medium blog post. Scott — who recently changed her last name back to the […]
Organizers of a charity concert featuring the Chainsmokers and Goldman Sachs GS, -0.69% CEO David Solomon spinning tracks, as well as the town of Southampton, New York, where the event was held, could face civil fines and criminal penalties for the mass gathering, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Tuesday. Fallout and public scrutiny continue to […]